Thanks to programs like Open Broadcaster Software, or OBS, anyone from around the world can create high-quality videos meant to entertain and inform their viewers. However, you’ll need to make sure that your videos look the best in order to stand up against the other creators out there. This can be achieved by optimizing your settings, including the best bitrate that your PC can run with ease.
In this guide, we’ll give you tips for getting the best bitrate that provides crystal clear video to your audience.
What is the best bitrate for OBS recording?
The bitrate you’ll be able to use will depend on the scale of the video you’re creating and your hardware. To record in 1080p at 60 frames, it’s recommended that you set the bitrate from 5,000 to 10,000 kbps in order to get the best video; although you can always go up to 60,000 kbps for 4k. For the audio bitrate, you can start as low as 64 kbps and can go up to 320 kbps for clearer sound.
Tips for Changing Bitrate in OBS
The bitrate is the depth of information that’s recorded to your storage per second. So if a video has a bitrate of 10,000 kbps, it means that your video is saving 10 megabytes per second. If you record a 3-minute video, this comes out to 1,800 MB video or 1.8 gigabytes. The more bits you include means the more information that will need to be saved to your drive, so make sure you have the space or an external hard drive.
Recording with a higher bitrate will also increase the workload that your computer is taking on, which can translate into worse performance in-game. If you start to notice issues that weren’t there before you implemented the bitrate change, you may need to lower the bitrate by a couple thousand, and then scale up from there.
You’ll also want to make sure that the Rate Control section in the settings is set to Constant Bitrate, a.k.a. CBR. This will maintain the bitrate at the value you set, even when less could be used. This ensures that your video and computer’s performance stay even throughout. If you want to ease the work on your PC, you can set it to VBR or Variable Bitrate, which will only use the resources your hardware needs as it’s recording.
This is all you need to know to optimize your recording with the best bitrate for OBS.
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